Office of Consumer Affairs
Mail List Form � Issues of Priority
in
Long Island
In the Long Island Region, 189 forms were received, with 141 people identifying themselves as mental health users and 2 as family members. Priorities for these individuals are organized by clinical issues, entitlements, evidence-based practices, and other issues.
Clinical Issues
| Issues | Would like more information on this issue |
Would like to be involved with this issue |
Thinks this issue is very important |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Directives | 63 | 17 | 40 |
| Child Welfare | 44 | 14 | 28 |
| Civil Commitment | 50 | 17 | 29 |
| Cultural Competence | 55 | 17 | 34 |
| Disaster Response | 50 | 20 | 37 |
| Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) | 50 | 16 | 36 |
| Education | 66 | 29 | 54 |
| Elder Issues | 49 | 15 | 36 |
| Employment | 73 | 26 | 55 |
| Forced Medication | 48 | 20 | 44 |
| Forensic | 57 | 20 | 29 |
| Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Transgender/Transexual Issues | 35 | 16 | 25 |
| Homelessness | 49 | 25 | 49 |
| Informed Consent | 52 | 20 | 42 |
| Literacy | 36 | 25 | 35 |
| Outreach | 53 | 37 | 50 |
| Participation in Treatment Planning | 39 | 16 | 28 |
| Restraint and Seclusion | 40 | 14 | 36 |
| Rural Issues | 35 | 15 | 20 |
| Stigma | 54 | 23 | 50 |
| Training Development | 48 | 21 | 37 |
| Training CME/GRE | 40 | 11 | 17 |
| Transition Age Youth | 39 | 15 | 25 |
| Trauma | 43 | 21 | 43 |
| Treatment Compliance | 41 | 20 | 34 |
| Veterans Issues | 37 | 11 | 21 |
| Wellness Self Management (WRAP, PACE) | 59 | 23 | 39 |
| Women's Issues | 64 | 18 | 43 |
Entitlements
| Issues | Would like more information on this issue |
Would like to be involved with this issue |
Thinks this issue is very important |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Security Administration Retirement | 38 | 10 | 33 |
| Supplemental Security Income (SSI) | 55 | 15 | 44 |
| Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) | 58 | 18 | 49 |
| Medicaid | 70 | 21 | 51 |
| Medicare | 67 | 18 | 49 |
| SSA Plan to Achieve Self-Sufficiency (PASS) | 53 | 17 | 29 |
| SSA Impariment Related Work Expenses (IRWE) | 37 | 9 | 18 |
| 1619B/1915B Extended Eligibility | 49 | 11 | 26 |
| Ticket to Work | 63 | 12 | 38 |
| Section 8 Vouchers | 60 | 22 | 47 |
| Social Services | 45 | 16 | 40 |
| Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) | 36 | 9 | 19 |
| Energy Assistance | 45 | 12 | 32 |
| Enterprise Zones | 40 | 7 | 17 |
| Food Stamps | 58 | 16 | 39 |
| Temporary Assistance / Special Needs Accounts | 41 | 12 | 25 |
| Veterans Benefits | 32 | 8 | 25 |
| Workforce Investment Act | 45 | 10 | 28 |
Evidence Based Practices
| Issues | Would like more information on this issue |
Would like to be involved with this issue |
Thinks this issue is very important |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) | 48 | 18 | 35 |
| Family Psycho-Education | 56 | 18 | 35 |
| Integrated Treatment Co-occuring Disorders | 52 | 13 | 24 |
| Intensive Case Management (ICM) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Medication | 64 | 22 | 49 |
| Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment | 51 | 21 | 41 |
| Supported Employment | 63 | 24 | 43 |
| Self-Help Peer Support Services | 66 | 35 | 44 |
| Wellness Self-Management | 64 | 27 | 46 |
| Childrens: EB Prescribing Practices | 29 | 13 | 18 |
| Childrens: Family Ed. and Support Services | 37 | 11 | 21 |
| Childrens: Functional Family Therapy | 39 | 14 | 26 |
| Childrens: Homes Based Crisis Intervention | 38 | 12 | 26 |
| Childrens: Home & Community Based Services | 39 | 13 | 22 |
| Childrens: Intensive Case Management (ICM) | 34 | 13 | 23 |
| Childrens: School Based Mental Health Services | 38 | 13 | 25 |
| Childrens: PTSD Treatment | 36 | 12 | 27 |
Other Issues of Importance
| Issues | Would like more information on this issue |
Would like to be involved with this issue |
Thinks this issue is very important |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child Custody / Parental Rights | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Confidentiality | 51 | 20 | 67 |
| Consumer/Survivor/Ex-Patients as staff | 51 | 33 | 53 |
| Creative Arts | 54 | 30 | 49 |
| Cross Disability Issues | 40 | 23 | 34 |
| Family Issues | 56 | 27 | 50 |
| Involuntary Treatment | 47 | 17 | 39 |
| Mental Health Insurance Parity | 57 | 26 | 49 |
| Parenting Skills | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Public Relations | 45 | 26 | 41 |
| Rights Protection | 59 | 26 | 52 |
| Self-Help Alternatives | 81 | 31 | 50 |
| Voter Registration | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Comments or questions about the information on this page can be directed to the Office of Planning.